Linux Voice Introduction
Linux Voice Introduction
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This month in Linux Voice and Elvie.
Web-based mapping is one of the most significant developments of the Internet era. Travelers routinely venture forth without a map in their pocket – it is all online and accessible through a handy mapping app. Vendors such as Apple and Google like to position themselves as the gateway to this trove of geographical data, but the open source community has its own solution: OpenStreetMap, a powerful application built by a community of mappers, developers, and users around the world. This month we help you get started with open source mapping and OpenStreetMap. Also in this month's Linux Voice, we introduce you to the Netcat networking tool and its souped-up counterpart Socat.
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